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P. MoKAIN.

BAG.

APPLICATION FILED 191113.28, 1910'.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Application filed February 28, 1910. Serial No. 548,436.

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10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MoKAIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bags, particularly to bags made of cloth or other fabric, although it is applicable to bags made of any material.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved bag which may be readily opened or closed, and which may be used for the transportation of articles of various kinds, in place of a suit case, satchel or the like. The bag may also be used for laundry or other domestic purposes. At the mouth the bag has a closure frame which will hold the bag in either open or closed position.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of the bag in open position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the bag closed, partly broken away. Fig. 4 is a detail in section showing the closure.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 1 indicates the bag body, and on the inside thereof, around the mouth, it is provided with facings 2 which add to the appearance and the wear of the bag. These facings are attached to the edge of the bag by an inner turned seam at 7. Lines of stitching 5 produce hems or casings 4 to hold the closure frame S-the two parts of which are pivoted together at 8*. This frame may be that shown in my U. S. Patent No. 939,736, consisting of two bent frame sections which are pivoted together at their ends and made of proper size to snap one within the other when the bag is closed, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The body of the bag is provided with a partition 9 forming two compartments for separate articles, and also a pocket 11 which is sewed to the rear side of the bag and has a flap 10 to close the opening thereto. A handle 6 enables the bag to be carried or to be hung up.

A pair of gussets 14 are sewed to the bag in the angles formed by the frames at the mouth thereof, and when the bag is closed these gussets fold inwardly and lap each other and also lap the flap 10, as shown in Fig. 3. The gussets are so cut or shaped that when they are folded the top edges thereof will fit closely up under the frames at the top of the bag, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the top of the bag being closed by the overlapping relation of the bows of the frame, and the sides being effectively closed by the gussets, so that the bag is practically rain and storm proof when closed. WVhen opened, the frame distends the mouth of the bag, so that articles can readily be placed in or removed therefrom.

What I claim as new is A bag the interior of the mouth of which is provided with facing's sewed thereto at the edge thereof, and stitched to form a casing extending around the mouth of the bag, a closure frame comprising sections pivoted together and wholly inclosed within said casings, and gussets secured to the casings, in the angles at the ends of the closure frame, said gussets being cut with their free edges forming angles, and which when the gussets are folded fit closely under the frame sections.

In testimony whereof, I do affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK MoKAIN.

Witnesses:-

MONROE E. MILLER, GATHARINE WALL. 

